AEW Programming To Be Rated TV-14

In yet another shrewd move by the minds behind All Elite Wrestling, it's been revealed that AEW programming will have a TV-14 rating, as opposed to WWE's PG-rated output.

A promotional video released on Twitter for next weekend's 'Double or Nothing' pay-per-view indicated that the company would be targeting a slightly older audience demographic than their World Wrestling Entertainment counterparts.

Prior to WWE's transitioning to a Parental Guidance rating on 22nd June 2008, they too had a TV-14 rating, which allowed them to push the boundaries of wrestling and attract a huge audience throughout the 'Attitude Era'.

Many consider this to be another move by Cody Rhodes et al. to position themselves as a genuine alternative to WWE's product in order to attract lapsed wrestling fans, or poach WWE's audience who consider their output to have become stale.

"Parents or adult guardians may find unsuitable for children under the age of 14...Programs with this rating contain crude humor, drug/alcohol use, inappropriate language, strong violence and moderate suggestive themes or dialogue."

There is a clear distinction between what the two ratings allow for, and only time will tell what the modern wrestling audience wants in terms of output.

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